Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Official portrait, 2016
Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Frank Pallone
Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
In office January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Greg Walden
Succeeded by	Frank Pallone
Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Leader	John Boehner Paul Ryan
Vice Chair	Lynn Jenkins Doug Collins
Preceded by	Jeb Hensarling
Succeeded by	Liz Cheney
Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Leader	John Boehner
Preceded by	Kay Granger
Succeeded by	Lynn Jenkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2005
Preceded by	George Nethercutt
Succeeded by	Michael Baumgartner (elect)
Minority Leader of the Washington House of Representatives
In office January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2004
Preceded by	Clyde Ballard
Succeeded by	Richard DeBolt
Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 7th district
In office January 7, 1994 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Bob Morton
Succeeded by	Joel Kretz
Personal details
Born	Cathy Anne McMorris (1969-05-22) May 22, 1969 (age 55) Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Brian Rodgers ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	3
Education	Pensacola Christian College (BA) University of Washington (MBA)
Website	House website
Cathy McMorris Rodgers's voice McMorris Rodgers on the delisting of the gray wolf as an endangered species Recorded November 16, 2018

Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers (born May 22, 1969) is an American politician who is the United States representative for Washington's 5th congressional district, which encompasses the eastern third of the state and includes Spokane, the state's second-largest city. A Republican, McMorris Rodgers previously served in the Washington House of Representatives. From 2013 to 2019, she chaired the House Republican Conference.

McMorris Rodgers was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in 1994. She became the minority leader in 2001. In 2004, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She eventually became the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress in 2009, when she ascended to leadership as vice chair of the House Republican Conference, and later, chair of the House Republican Conference. She gained national attention in 2014, when she delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address.

In February 2024, she announced she will not seek reelection for the 2024 elections.^[1] Republican Michael Baumgartner was elected to her seat and will be succeeding her in the 119th congress.^[2]